voltedge
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Hi,
Been looking into a Deuce for quiet some time, but finally got the right opportunity to own one. I have been researching MV's for some time and I had settled on either an M35a2 or M35a3, which are practically the same truck albeit a few nice modern upgrades. I ended up with a nice looking A2 which happened to be from a local base that was originally purchased by a nice fellow that is an avid MV enthusiast. My ride is a 1989 M35a2 that looks stunning and has low mileage. It will need some things done to bring it back to it's former military glory , but nothing that's too tough.
I was bidding on a few different trucks on the various liquidation sites, but the one that I really wanted ended up selling for over $13k! According to my understanding, you have to add a 10% buyers fee as well as local sales tax too! I would have add over $2k in shipping to get to me on top of that. No Thanks! For my first unit, I wanted a nice truck but at a budget price. A $20K piece just for someone starting out is quiet a gamble to get from an auction. That said, why in the heck are the few A3's on auction going for those ridiculous amounts, but the nice 5 tons can be had for less than $5k many times?
I hope to learn a lot and will be searching the site and asking questions. Thanks!!!![Very Happy :grin: :grin:](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
![$_57B.jpg $_57B.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/371/371428-cb82512d83a35fc635eec549e977291f.jpg)
Been looking into a Deuce for quiet some time, but finally got the right opportunity to own one. I have been researching MV's for some time and I had settled on either an M35a2 or M35a3, which are practically the same truck albeit a few nice modern upgrades. I ended up with a nice looking A2 which happened to be from a local base that was originally purchased by a nice fellow that is an avid MV enthusiast. My ride is a 1989 M35a2 that looks stunning and has low mileage. It will need some things done to bring it back to it's former military glory , but nothing that's too tough.
I was bidding on a few different trucks on the various liquidation sites, but the one that I really wanted ended up selling for over $13k! According to my understanding, you have to add a 10% buyers fee as well as local sales tax too! I would have add over $2k in shipping to get to me on top of that. No Thanks! For my first unit, I wanted a nice truck but at a budget price. A $20K piece just for someone starting out is quiet a gamble to get from an auction. That said, why in the heck are the few A3's on auction going for those ridiculous amounts, but the nice 5 tons can be had for less than $5k many times?
I hope to learn a lot and will be searching the site and asking questions. Thanks!!!
![Very Happy :grin: :grin:](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
![$_57B.jpg $_57B.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/371/371428-cb82512d83a35fc635eec549e977291f.jpg)